Days 14 (July 11) - Copan Ruinas to Roatan via San Pedro Sula airport
The drive from Copan Ruinas to San Pedro Sula is mostly eventless on a good, paved road. There are plenty of gas stations on the way, many more than are marked on the map. It took us about 4 hours to get to the airport, by avoiding driving through San Pedro Sula.
At some point we entered the "Free Zone", where there are huge factories surrounded by barbed-wire fences. All of a sudden there were signs in English instead of Spanish.
Finding the shortcut to the airport by avoiding the city is a bit tricky. After turning left onto the San Pedro Sula - Tegucigalpa highway we drove several miles until a large Toyota dealership was on the right. We then took a right turn onto a road that lead to the airport. At the very end there is even a short toll road (4 lempira per car).
The car rental return is not obvious: pulling up by the departure area and walking through the glass doors brings you to the row of rental car booths. We returned the car to Avis and went to purchase our tickets which we reserved over the phone in advance. They actually do take credit cards as well as cash. And of course there is an ATM to stock up on lempiras. There is also a pretty good eatery (NOT the Wendy's!) which has lots of vegetarian stuff, and ice-cream.
Our SOSA flight left nearly on time. A small Jetstream 31 flew us first to La Ceiba, where everyone deplaned and waited in an air-conditioned room. Then shortly afterwards we got on another similarly small plane and flew to Roatan.
The drive from Copan Ruinas to San Pedro Sula is mostly eventless on a good, paved road. There are plenty of gas stations on the way, many more than are marked on the map. It took us about 4 hours to get to the airport, by avoiding driving through San Pedro Sula.
At some point we entered the "Free Zone", where there are huge factories surrounded by barbed-wire fences. All of a sudden there were signs in English instead of Spanish.
Finding the shortcut to the airport by avoiding the city is a bit tricky. After turning left onto the San Pedro Sula - Tegucigalpa highway we drove several miles until a large Toyota dealership was on the right. We then took a right turn onto a road that lead to the airport. At the very end there is even a short toll road (4 lempira per car).
The car rental return is not obvious: pulling up by the departure area and walking through the glass doors brings you to the row of rental car booths. We returned the car to Avis and went to purchase our tickets which we reserved over the phone in advance. They actually do take credit cards as well as cash. And of course there is an ATM to stock up on lempiras. There is also a pretty good eatery (NOT the Wendy's!) which has lots of vegetarian stuff, and ice-cream.
Our SOSA flight left nearly on time. A small Jetstream 31 flew us first to La Ceiba, where everyone deplaned and waited in an air-conditioned room. Then shortly afterwards we got on another similarly small plane and flew to Roatan.
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